Fuck You Tom Brady

An excerpt from the Athletic

Are NFL players OK with Tom Brady’s dual role as an owner and a broadcaster?​


This piece is part of The Athletic’s annual NFL anonymous player survey, covering a range of topics around the league.

Soon, it will be all eyes on Tom Brady — though that isn’t necessarily anything new. Brady was a regular part of January and February football over the first quarter of the century. Now, though, he’ll be the focal point of a different part of the NFL calendar thanks to his role atop football operations for the Las Vegas Raiders, who hold the No. 1 overall pick of April’s draft.

The question The Athletic posed to players across the league: Should Brady be allowed to, essentially, run football operations in Vegas while also serving as the analyst for Fox Sports’ No. 1 booth? That’s in light of the fact that Brady’s role as a broadcaster could give him behind-the-curtain insight into other franchises’ operations.

The response: Let Tom work.



Much of it was out of respect for the greatest quarterback in NFL history.

“I feel like he's earned the right to do that,” said a defensive player on an AFC team. “He's respected by a lot of people, with him being one of the greatest to play the game.”

And an NFC offensive player: “He’s the G.O.A.T. Only G.O.A.T.’s can do that type of stuff.”

Many respondents didn’t believe that Brady or the Raiders are likely to gain any kind of significant advantage from his role as a broadcaster.

“I think it’s fine,” said an NFC defensive player. “I think you’ve just got to be careful of the production meetings.”

“Teams just have to be mindful of what you tell him, just like with any broadcaster or reporter,” said another NFC defensive player.

Others believe this season’s 3-14 record proved that Brady and the Raiders absolutely won’t gain any kind of notable advantage from his role as a broadcaster.

Said an AFC defensive player: “If he's getting information and sharing it with the Raiders, so what? They sucked anyway.”

Or, as an NFC defensive veteran, who seemed a bit agitated by the question, put it: “The Raiders f---ing suck. How is it helping with that? What are we talking about?”

Those who said they didn’t approve of Brady splitting time between the owner’s box and the broadcast booth seemed to prefer a definitive wall between the two roles.

“It’s just a conflict of interest,” said an AFC defensive player who was one of the few who objected to Brady’s double duty. “Even if Tom is being careful, the optics are not good and it could create an ugly situation down the road.”

Added an NFC offensive player who also voted no: “You go sit in these broadcast meetings and you go sit with players. There are guys that are going to be wary of what they’re saying. It’s like, one week, here’s Tom Brady in a production meeting, then there’s the Raiders way down (later on the schedule).

“But also, he’s Tom Brady. He could just watch film and (get) the answers.”
 
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The 30 minute replay of the Super Bowl between the Pats and Hawks is coming up on the NFL Network at 6:30 today. Was looking at the defensive stats for that legendary Legion of Boom defense. One of probably the top 5-10 defenses EVER assembled. They led the NFL….in like, every conceivable stat you can think of that year. Eight categories.

And this fucking guy right here. This is what he did with all the chips on the table for the Super Bowl against that historic D.

37/50 (74%), for 328 yards…and 4 TD’s.

 
raiderfreak7 said:
Patriots fans and former players in an uproar because Tom won’t say he’s rooting for the Pats to win it all. Spoiled fucking brats, I hope the Seahawks blow them out.
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Spillane even complained about it. That's kind of weird.
 
Raider Outlaw said:
I think that's what Spillaine and probably others in the locker room are doing, but the old players coming off sounding craycray.
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Well, Brady and SpyGuy opted not to pay Spillane. Bad decision. He has a slightly different gripe.
 
BlackIce said:
The 30 minute replay of the Super Bowl between the Pats and Hawks is coming up on the NFL Network at 6:30 today. Was looking at the defensive stats for that legendary Legion of Boom defense. One of probably the top 5-10 defenses EVER assembled. They led the NFL….in like, every conceivable stat you can think of that year. Eight categories.

And this fucking guy right here. This is what he did with all the chips on the table for the Super Bowl against that historic D.

37/50 (74%), for 328 yards…and 4 TD’s.

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The 2015 year that the Bronco defense carried Peyton's corpse to a title was when it moved out of he's the best of this era and that he probalby is the GOAT period. That Bronco defense dominated them, and he was a two point conversion from tying that game after all they put him through that day.
 
I asked AI how many times the Patriots passed on Tom Brady, and it told me they DID NOT pass on Tom Brady.
 
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